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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Raise Your Free Hand If You Think You Can Ride A Bull

.THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-The Commish recalls Chad Ochocinco's bull ride.

-Walz Elite Skills Camp today

-Vote for Angel!

( The "Commish" Mark reviews a historic bull ride in today's CARDINAL COUPLE. Now that Chad Ochocinco is in Miami, FL....we can only surmise that Dolphin riding is next for him...)

Do you think you have what it takes to ride a Bull?
Some may say, "It's not that tough". Or "What is the big deal?" One may think
any one can do it and that being a Bull Rider is easy. As a matter of fact a
famous Professional Football player thought that. He was being a little too
disrespectful to the sport and was challenged to put up or shut up. Who was
this famous athlete? It was none other than Chad Ochocinco (Cincinnati
Bengal/New England Patriots now Miami Dolphins wide receiver). The PBR
challenged him with this offer:

If...at the 2011 Built Ford Tough Series PBR event
scheduled at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga.... he got on a bull the
PBR would give him $10,000.

If he rode the bull for the required eight seconds,
the PBR would give him a new Ford F-150 truck and allow him to permanently
rename the bull anything he wanted.

If he didn't show, the PBR would rename the bull
"#58 No Show Cinco." (The number is the reverse of Ochocinco's jersey No.
85.)

It all started May 4, 2011. He posted on his
twitter account that he was headed for a showdown with PBR top rider Valdiron
Oliveria at the BFTS Event in Duluth, GA.:

Ochocinco tweeted:

"Valdiron de Oliveira vs. Lil
Taco May 13th-14th Duluth,GA. Who coming to watch the longest 8 seconds of my
life?"

Sean Gleason, the Chief Operating Officer of the PBR
then tweeted:

"that's the deal. Show up and get on the bull u get 10K, ride
him for 8 secs and its a brand new F150 from @teampbr @fordtrucks."

Ochocinco responded:

"if I stay on for 8
seconds FORD will give me an F-150? I challenge your best bull and i'll give the
truck to 1 of my followers."

Gleason also had this to say about the
offer:

"The Ford F-150 we're offering will be there, we
hope (Ochocinco) is too," "He's a gifted athlete, but bull riding is a much
different sport and climbing on the back of a bull in the chutes takes a little
more than Twitter confidence, let alone calling for the gate (to open)."We
admire Ochocinco's interest in the sport. If he actually gets on and nods his
head (to open the gate), he'll find out that two-a-days in the summer heat are
nothing compared to the eight seconds faced by PBR bull riders week in and week
out."

Before his ride he had a day of training by
co-founder of the PBR retired Nine Time World Champion Rodeo Cowboy Ty Murray.
He tried giving him a crash course in the basics of Bull Riding. Ocho also had
to sign a waiver releasing the PBR of all liability and that he knew Bull Riding
was a dangerous sport.

Before his ride, Ochocinco tweeted:

"The real
question is not how long I can last on the bull, but how long the bull can last
with me riding him"

The Bull he was given to ride was a Bull named DEJA
BLU. He is co-owned by none other than Ex-Los Angeles Dodger Manager Tommy
Lasorda. As a matter of fact the Bull is named after him. Lasorda is friends
with the stock contractor Tom Teague who originally owned the Bull. Teague felt
the bull had a touch of blue in him and decided to name him after Tommy
Lasorda. DEJA BLU as a play on the words "Dodger Blue". (Teague sold DEJA BLU
to another Stock Contractor--Jeff Robinson. Lasorda still is part owner.)
Since then, DEJA BLU has had a slight name change. Instead of DEJA BLU The Bull
is now known as DEJA BLUE EMU.. (Blue-Emu is a pain relief product containing
Emu Oil and is a sponsor of the PBR.)

DEJA BLU EMU is one of the top rated Bulls in the
PBR with an average Bull rating/score for the past 5 years of 44.004. The
average score received by the 16 riders that successfully rode him is 88.52
points. That is a very good average score. This Bull was no
Gimmee.

How did Ochocinco do? Did he get on DEJA BLU or was
he a "no show"? Who won this historic battle of Man vs. Beast? Well, it sure
wasn't Chad Ochocinco. He did show and got on the Bull's back. He actually
nodded his head---the gate flew open---and down Ochocinco went in 1.5
seconds.

Afterwards Ochocinco had a new found respect for
the Bull riders of the PBR. He was quoted as saying,"The sport doesn't get
enough credit – the guys who do this week in and week out … should be the
highest-paid athletes in sports." And "It was fun--I can cross bull riding off
my bucket list."

As promised Ochocinco did receive the $10,000 for
showing up and getting on the bull. Afterwards he pledged to give the $10,000 he
won to FEED THE CHILDREN. Several sponsors then stepped up, including Ford, and
gave that F-150 away in a contest among Ochocinco's Twitter
followers.

I would venture to say Cardinal Couple Co-Owner & senile Senior
Columnist Paulie Sykes being a farm boy at heart would have done much better
than Ocho. That is because Paulie had plenty of experience riding four legged
"beasts" in his youth. Namely goats down at the Drunken Amish Farm in Goshen,
KY. Paulie was known as "THE GOAT RIDER" and has numerous trophies from the
many Saturday Night Goat Riding Competitions he participated in. The best Goat
he ever rode? Bill the Goat of course. Rode him for 98 points June
5,1971.

( Editor note: No goats were harmed in the filming or participation of the video. Bill has since retired from competitive goat riding but has been known to sneak up behind "The Commish" and send him scurrying down the sacred halls of CARDINAL COUPLE Worldwide headquarters with a succession of head butts .)

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Just a reminder that the Elite Skills Camp is today at Cardinal Arena on the UofL campus from 1-5 p.m. Get out and watch these talented young ladies in action and show some love for Mercedes Russell and the rest of the participants.

A stellar group of high school stars will be going through the camp. They deserve and have earned our respect. How many coaches besides Jeff Walz would open this event to the fan base?

This is a chance to see the #1 recruit for 2013 and show her that UofL WBB fans represent all year long.

See you there!

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Cardinal great Angel McCoughtry is one of five WNBA players up for an ESPY...the annual award the four-letter network gives out to the best and brightest in the world of sports.

She's deserving...no doubt. The talented Ms. McCoughtry leas the WNBA in points per game (22.6) and steals (3.55).

Also nominated Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus, Tina Charles an Tamika Catchings. Two Huskies, a Volunteer and a bayou bengal Tiger.

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